Roman Catechism

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The Roman Catechism is an authoritative manual of Catholic doctrine, commissioned in the 16th century to systematically explain the faith in response to the Protestant Reformation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic catechism
doctrinal manual
post‑Tridentine document
theological work
alsoKnownAs Catechism of the Council of Trent
linked to: Roman Catechism

Catechismus Romanus
linked to: Roman Catechism

Roman Catechism of the Council of Trent
linked to: Roman Catechism
approvedBy Council of Trent
Pope Pius V
authorityStatus authoritative exposition of Catholic doctrine
authorizedBy Pope Pius V
centuryOfPublication 16th century
commissionedBy Council of Trent
commissionedDuring Catholic Counter‑Reformation
linked to: Counter-Reformation

Council of Trent period
linked to: Council of Trent
compiledBy commission of bishops and theologians
councilSessionContext Council of Trent (1545–1563)
linked to: Council of Trent
countryOfOrigin Italy
doctrinalOrientation Tridentine Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
editorialSupervisionBy Saint Charles Borromeo
genre catechetical literature
hasCanonicalStatus official catechism of the Roman Church in the post‑Tridentine era
hasPurpose instruction of parish priests
response to the Protestant Reformation
standardization of Catholic teaching
systematic exposition of Catholic doctrine
influenceOn 19th‑century catechetical manuals
later Catholic catechisms
local catechisms in various dioceses
intendedAudience Catholic clergy
parish priests
intendedUse basis for preaching
guide for catechetical instruction
languageOfWork Latin
partIncludes section on the Creed
section on the Lord's Prayer
section on the Sacraments
section on the Ten Commandments
predecessorOf Catechism of the Catholic Church
promulgatedBy Pope Pius V
publicationYear 1566
religiousTradition Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
structure four main parts
theologicalFocus Catholic dogma
Lord's Prayer
linked to: Lord’s Prayer

Ten Commandments
creed
moral theology
sacraments
usedFor seminary formation in the early modern period
standard reference for Catholic teaching for several centuries

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Council of Trent resultedIn Roman Catechism
Council of Trent resultedIn Tridentine Creed
linked to: Roman Catechism
Roman Catechism alsoKnownAs Catechism of the Council of Trent
linked to: Roman Catechism
Roman Catechism alsoKnownAs Catechismus Romanus
linked to: Roman Catechism
Roman Catechism alsoKnownAs Roman Catechism of the Council of Trent
linked to: Roman Catechism
Pope Pius IV approved Roman Catechism project following the Council of Trent
linked to: Roman Catechism
Catechism of the Catholic Church predecessor Catechism of the Council of Trent
linked to: Roman Catechism
Christian catechism hasNotableExample Roman Catechism
Tridentine Profession of Faith relatedTo Roman Catechism
Catechism of the Catholic Church follows Roman Catechism
subject linked to: CCC
Council of Trent standardized Roman Catechism
Council of Trent approved Roman Catechism
Benedictus Deus precedes Roman Catechism of the Council of Trent
linked to: Roman Catechism